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Assistant Production Manager: Nursery

TWK Agri (Pty) Ltd
Pietermaritzburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

Top Crop, part of the TWK group, has the following vacancy available: Assistant Production Manager: Nursery at Crammond, KwaZulu-Natal.

Responsibilities and Duties
  • Managing the production of subtropical Eucalyptus and ornamental cuttings
  • Overseeing grass vegetative production
  • Ensuring quality compliance with existing systems
  • Monitoring climate control in rooting tunnels
  • Supervising sizing and sorting of forestry cuttings and seedlings
  • Ensuring minimum stock levels are maintained
  • Overseeing grow-out sections (irrigation and disease control)
  • Leading a team of 25 employees in production
  • Recording and capturing data in a nursery management system
  • Planning and assigning daily work to labour teams
  • Ensuring tasks meet quality standards
  • Managing rooting, hardening, and growing-out areas (irrigation, misting, and disease control)
  • Assisting with nursery maintenance and infrastructure projects when needed


Qualifications and Skills

  • Diploma in Horticulture or Agricultural production
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar management position
  • Driver’s license (Code 08)
  • Bilingual (English and isiZulu)
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Weekend duties and public holidays when required

*The company can expire job adverts at any time at their own discretion.

Requirements:

  • Managing the production of subtropical Eucalyptus and ornamental cuttings
  • Overseeing grass vegetative production
  • Ensuring quality compliance with existing systems
  • Monitoring climate control in rooting tunnels
  • Supervising sizing and sorting of forestry cuttings and seedlings
  • Ensuring minimum stock levels are maintained
  • Overseeing grow-out sections (irrigation and disease control)
  • Leading a team of 25 employees in production
  • Recording and capturing data in a nursery management system
  • Planning and assigning daily work to labour teams
  • Ensuring tasks meet quality standards
  • Managing rooting, hardening, and growing-out areas (irrigation, misting, and disease control)
  • Assisting with nursery maintenance and infrastructure projects when needed
  • Diploma in Horticulture or Agricultural production
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar management position
  • Driver’s license (Code 08)
  • Bilingual (English and isiZulu)
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Weekend duties and public holidays when required
31 Mar 2025;   from: careers24.com

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